@jessie I have never seen such a machine, definitely not in Germany. Do they exist also elsewhere than Istanbul?

@tschach they're in Malta too, though typically you put your plastic deposit bottles in as payment instead of cash. Streets are cleaner, kitties (and other wildlife) get fed.

@cczona where in Malta do the BCRS machines dispense cat food? @tschach

@robchapman I saw them on Gozo. iirc the machines also raised money for the local animal shelter.

@cczona Ah they're not specifically for cat food, sadly. However many cat feeders collect BCRS vouchers to buy food for the strays, or for the cat sanctuaries. Before the country tightened its rules on money laundering, charity shops collected for the cats, now there are barely any charity shops as they all became registered thrift shops overnight which cut off a vital source of revenue for the people who voluntarily feed the strays here.